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On the inside...
Bethel's fine-feathered friends
page 4
Prestigious musicians unveiled
page 5
Ice hockey club warms up
page 8
OCT 28 1977
Bookstore buy-back policies explained
by Suzi wells
Like everyone else, students
get tired of waiting in lines and
paying high prices for food,
tuition and books. The buy-back
window in the Bethel bookstore
has been a problem because of
long waits and the feeling of
geting "gypped" in the past.
However, according to Wanda
Nelson, assistant bookstore ma-nager,
Bethel's buy-back policy is
liberal. "We give students ten
school days after classes begin to
return their books," she ex-plained.
At other schools, if students do
not have sales slips, the bookstore
will seldom take books back. Here
at Bethel, only ten per cent of the
price is reduced without a receipt.
At the beginning of the se-mester,
long lines for returning
and low prices for books are not
problems. At this time, students
are refunded all or 90 per cent of
their money. But the problem of
lines and money comes when
students return used books.
Students may feel discouraged
at the buy-back line at the end of
the term for several reasons. First
of all, the Follet Company buys all
used books that Bethel will not
use again. The bookstore will pay
students three-fourths of the price
of clothbound books and two-thirds
the price of paperbacks. As
a service to Bethel, the Follet
Company buys other used books
but does not pay top dollar for
them.
Another reason students may
be discouraged is because they
sell books back at the wrong time.
"Some books are used every
term, but most are not," Nelson
pointed out. She said that stu-dents
should sell books for a fall
semester course at the end of a
spring term. This increases the
likelihood that Bethel will use the
books again.
Finally, some students may feel
that long lines and limited time to
sell used books are problems.
One reason for that problem is
that Bethel only buys back books
for two days at the end of each
semester. However, the book-store
managers feel this is ade-quate
time for students. Also, the
person from the used book com-pany
is only on campus for two
days to buy books.
Last winter, long lines and slow
service were problems because an
inexperienced person from the
used book company was in charge
of buying books.
Two years ago, Bob Bergerud,
former bookstore manager,
bought back used books, regard-less
of whether or not Bethel
could use them. He bought these
books over a period of three
weeks. Since his death, the
bookstore has not been able to
give this service.
"We don't have anyone ca-pable
of doing that like he was,"
said Mike Rowe, bookstore re-ceiving
manager. "It's a very
complicated business, knowing
when things are going out of
print."
Bruce Olsen editor Greg Kuntz sports editor The Clarion is published weekly
Holly Schmiess news editor Mark Holmes photo editor by the students of Bethel College.
Nancy Naumenko production editor Juan Ramos cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent
Suzi Wells copy editor Arlan Swanson business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before publication
THE CLARION
by Paul Varberg
Though he was once all-otit for
his rock group and drugs, Jay
Caress is now all-out for Christ
and Bethel, in his new post as
director of outreach.
Seven years ago Caress could
never have imagined himself pro-moting
a Christian school like
Bethel to prospective college stu-dents.
He had far different
dreams, that grew out of the poli-tical
rebellions of the Vietnam
War and heavy use of drugs.
While in the Air Force in the
late sixties, Caress, whose Christ-ian
background was minimal,
began to use drugs. In 1969 he
was stationed in Vietnam where
he took amphetamines so heavily
that he lost 50 pounds.
"Vietnam was a breeding
ground for radicals," he said.
While he was there he went
through a political "conversion"
and began to seek ways to change
the system. He thought of himself
as a "prophet" of political change
and brotherly love. "This was the
'in' thing of the late sixties," he
explained.
He felt the best way he could
communicate his message to the
world was through songs. So he
began to write songs and sing
with his guitar.
When he got out of the Air
Force he started a rock group
called Songbird. While in Los
Angeles in the spring of 1970, he
recorded his first two singles. It
was not till he moved to Vancou-ver
that they were released and
distributed throughout Canada
and Europe.
Caress did not just sing rock,
he also sang folk songs in coffee
houses in Vancouver's famed
Gastown district.
Caress soon tired of this kind of
life and began to lose his belief in
his songs. He quit the group and
returned to the midwest where he
married his wife, Gail, in May of
1971.
He was unsatisfied with the
type of life he had been living and
began to search for a new way of
life. Through the prayer and
witness of some Christian friends
both he and his wife came to know
the Lord in June of that year.
The Caresses began to seek to
develop this new life they had
found in Christ Jesus. They came
to Bethel that fall and began to
write and sing Christian songs in
their spare time. During the
summer of 1973 they went on a
singing tour of the Western
United States and Canada which
was sponsored by Bethel.
Graduating in 1975 with a
major in communications, Caress
went to Wheaton College Gradu-ate
School in communications.
While there he became the editor
of the world-wide news letter of
the "Lausanne Committee on
World Evangelization."
He later worked as high school
electives editor for Scripture
Press Publications. This involved
editing paperback books, and he
began thinking about writing a
book himself.
This summer he did research
on Hank Williams, a big man in
country music who died in 1952 at
the age of 29. Caress is presently
writing two hours a day on a bio-graphy
on Williams.
He already has a contract with
Stein & Day, in New York, to
publish the book in 1978. He
chose Hank Williams because, "I
was a fan of his and see so many
universal themes and messages
tied in to his life."
Caress gladly returned to Be-thel
this fall with his wife and
two-year-old son Adam. He feels
committed to Bethel. "It was here
that my wife and I were discipled
in our Christian walk and we
would like to see other young
people helped like we were," he
said.
As Bethel's director of out-reach,
Caress has three basic res-ponsibilities.
He works with the
College Relations office in pro-ducing
multi-media presentations
to promote Bethel. He also heads
the operations of the Field Ad-missions
Representatives, and he
schedules tours for the band and
choir.
On the side, Caress serves as
Bethel's sports information direc-tor
and also works with the team
that is currently producing a film
on campus.
Radical of the Sixties
Caress returns as
director of outreach

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On the inside...
Bethel's fine-feathered friends
page 4
Prestigious musicians unveiled
page 5
Ice hockey club warms up
page 8
OCT 28 1977
Bookstore buy-back policies explained
by Suzi wells
Like everyone else, students
get tired of waiting in lines and
paying high prices for food,
tuition and books. The buy-back
window in the Bethel bookstore
has been a problem because of
long waits and the feeling of
geting "gypped" in the past.
However, according to Wanda
Nelson, assistant bookstore ma-nager,
Bethel's buy-back policy is
liberal. "We give students ten
school days after classes begin to
return their books," she ex-plained.
At other schools, if students do
not have sales slips, the bookstore
will seldom take books back. Here
at Bethel, only ten per cent of the
price is reduced without a receipt.
At the beginning of the se-mester,
long lines for returning
and low prices for books are not
problems. At this time, students
are refunded all or 90 per cent of
their money. But the problem of
lines and money comes when
students return used books.
Students may feel discouraged
at the buy-back line at the end of
the term for several reasons. First
of all, the Follet Company buys all
used books that Bethel will not
use again. The bookstore will pay
students three-fourths of the price
of clothbound books and two-thirds
the price of paperbacks. As
a service to Bethel, the Follet
Company buys other used books
but does not pay top dollar for
them.
Another reason students may
be discouraged is because they
sell books back at the wrong time.
"Some books are used every
term, but most are not," Nelson
pointed out. She said that stu-dents
should sell books for a fall
semester course at the end of a
spring term. This increases the
likelihood that Bethel will use the
books again.
Finally, some students may feel
that long lines and limited time to
sell used books are problems.
One reason for that problem is
that Bethel only buys back books
for two days at the end of each
semester. However, the book-store
managers feel this is ade-quate
time for students. Also, the
person from the used book com-pany
is only on campus for two
days to buy books.
Last winter, long lines and slow
service were problems because an
inexperienced person from the
used book company was in charge
of buying books.
Two years ago, Bob Bergerud,
former bookstore manager,
bought back used books, regard-less
of whether or not Bethel
could use them. He bought these
books over a period of three
weeks. Since his death, the
bookstore has not been able to
give this service.
"We don't have anyone ca-pable
of doing that like he was,"
said Mike Rowe, bookstore re-ceiving
manager. "It's a very
complicated business, knowing
when things are going out of
print."
Bruce Olsen editor Greg Kuntz sports editor The Clarion is published weekly
Holly Schmiess news editor Mark Holmes photo editor by the students of Bethel College.
Nancy Naumenko production editor Juan Ramos cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent
Suzi Wells copy editor Arlan Swanson business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before publication
THE CLARION
by Paul Varberg
Though he was once all-otit for
his rock group and drugs, Jay
Caress is now all-out for Christ
and Bethel, in his new post as
director of outreach.
Seven years ago Caress could
never have imagined himself pro-moting
a Christian school like
Bethel to prospective college stu-dents.
He had far different
dreams, that grew out of the poli-tical
rebellions of the Vietnam
War and heavy use of drugs.
While in the Air Force in the
late sixties, Caress, whose Christ-ian
background was minimal,
began to use drugs. In 1969 he
was stationed in Vietnam where
he took amphetamines so heavily
that he lost 50 pounds.
"Vietnam was a breeding
ground for radicals," he said.
While he was there he went
through a political "conversion"
and began to seek ways to change
the system. He thought of himself
as a "prophet" of political change
and brotherly love. "This was the
'in' thing of the late sixties," he
explained.
He felt the best way he could
communicate his message to the
world was through songs. So he
began to write songs and sing
with his guitar.
When he got out of the Air
Force he started a rock group
called Songbird. While in Los
Angeles in the spring of 1970, he
recorded his first two singles. It
was not till he moved to Vancou-ver
that they were released and
distributed throughout Canada
and Europe.
Caress did not just sing rock,
he also sang folk songs in coffee
houses in Vancouver's famed
Gastown district.
Caress soon tired of this kind of
life and began to lose his belief in
his songs. He quit the group and
returned to the midwest where he
married his wife, Gail, in May of
1971.
He was unsatisfied with the
type of life he had been living and
began to search for a new way of
life. Through the prayer and
witness of some Christian friends
both he and his wife came to know
the Lord in June of that year.
The Caresses began to seek to
develop this new life they had
found in Christ Jesus. They came
to Bethel that fall and began to
write and sing Christian songs in
their spare time. During the
summer of 1973 they went on a
singing tour of the Western
United States and Canada which
was sponsored by Bethel.
Graduating in 1975 with a
major in communications, Caress
went to Wheaton College Gradu-ate
School in communications.
While there he became the editor
of the world-wide news letter of
the "Lausanne Committee on
World Evangelization."
He later worked as high school
electives editor for Scripture
Press Publications. This involved
editing paperback books, and he
began thinking about writing a
book himself.
This summer he did research
on Hank Williams, a big man in
country music who died in 1952 at
the age of 29. Caress is presently
writing two hours a day on a bio-graphy
on Williams.
He already has a contract with
Stein & Day, in New York, to
publish the book in 1978. He
chose Hank Williams because, "I
was a fan of his and see so many
universal themes and messages
tied in to his life."
Caress gladly returned to Be-thel
this fall with his wife and
two-year-old son Adam. He feels
committed to Bethel. "It was here
that my wife and I were discipled
in our Christian walk and we
would like to see other young
people helped like we were," he
said.
As Bethel's director of out-reach,
Caress has three basic res-ponsibilities.
He works with the
College Relations office in pro-ducing
multi-media presentations
to promote Bethel. He also heads
the operations of the Field Ad-missions
Representatives, and he
schedules tours for the band and
choir.
On the side, Caress serves as
Bethel's sports information direc-tor
and also works with the team
that is currently producing a film
on campus.
Radical of the Sixties
Caress returns as
director of outreach